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Definition of Illative

1. Adjective. Relating to or having the nature of illation or inference. "The illative faculty of the mind"

2. Adjective. Resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference. "Inferential reasoning"

3. Adjective. Expressing or preceding an inference. "`therefore' is an illative word"

Definition of Illative

1. a. Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc.

2. n. An illative particle, as for, because.

Definition of Illative

1. a word or phrase introducing an inference [n -S]

Medical Definition of Illative

1. Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc. Illative conversion, a converse or reverse statement of a proposition which in that form must be true because the original proposition is true. Illative sense, the faculty of the mind by which it apprehends the conditions and determines upon the correctness of inferences. Origin: L. Illativus: cf. F. Illatif. (11 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Illative

ill-timed(a) ill-treat ill-treated ill-treatment ill-usage ill-use ill-used Illampu illapse illapsed

illapses illapsing illation illations illative (current term) illative (current term) illatively illatives illaudable illaudably

Illecebrum Illecebrum verticullatum illegal illegalise illegalities illegality illegalization illegalizations illegalize illegalized

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